Queensland has experienced several quakes in past two years

Mr Bathgate said earthquakes had been particularly active in Queensland over the past two years.

A magnitude-4.4 quake was detected about 100 kilometres off the coast north-east of Bundaberg early last Sunday morning.

He said there had been three earthquakes of magnitude-5 just off the coast of Fraser Island late last year and also near Eidsvold.

"The largest earthquake that has been experienced in Queensland is actually a magnitude-6.0 that occurred off the coast of Gladstone in 1918, so that's not too far away from this one," Mr Bathgate said.

"Australia generally gets earthquakes as a result of the plate that we're on, moving north at about 7 centimetres every year.

"That stress builds up within the plate and gets released along lines of weakness like we've seen today."

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